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  "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35 (Douay-Rheims)",
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      "verse": 1,
      "text": "He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:1 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 2,
      "text": "It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:2 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 3,
      "text": "And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:3 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 4,
      "text": "He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offereth sacrifice.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:4 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 5,
      "text": "To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:5 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 6,
      "text": "Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:6 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
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      "verse": 7,
      "text": "For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:7 (Douay-Rheims)"
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      "verse": 8,
      "text": "The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:8 (Douay-Rheims)"
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    {
      "verse": 9,
      "text": "The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:9 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 10,
      "text": "Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:10 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 11,
      "text": "In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:11 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 12,
      "text": "Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:12 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 13,
      "text": "For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:13 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 14,
      "text": "Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:14 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 15,
      "text": "And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:15 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 16,
      "text": "The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:16 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 17,
      "text": "He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:17 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 18,
      "text": "Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:18 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 19,
      "text": "For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:19 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 20,
      "text": "He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:20 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 21,
      "text": "The prayer of him that humbleth himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till it come nigh he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the most High behold.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:21 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 22,
      "text": "And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back:",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:22 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 23,
      "text": "And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust,",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:23 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 24,
      "text": "Till he have rendered to men according to their deeds: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption,",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:24 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 25,
      "text": "Till he have judged the cause of his people, and he shall delight the just with his mercy.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:25 (Douay-Rheims)"
    },
    {
      "verse": 26,
      "text": "The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.",
      "citation": "Ecclesiasticus 35:26 (Douay-Rheims)"
    }
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